United States v. Proctor’s Empirical Analysis
489 F.3d 1348 · 2007
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Ornelas v. United States · South Dakota v. Opperman · Cady v. Dombrowski · Minnesota v. Dickerson · Cooper v. State of California
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Among those criteria which must be standardized are the circumstances in which a car may be impounded.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if a standard impoundment procedure exists, a police officer's failure to adhere thereto is unreasonable and violates the Fourth Amendment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“exercised according to standard criteria and on the basis of something other than suspicion of evidence of criminal activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.